Byheck     

 

 


Age:   54 [01/01/1949]

Occupation: 
Field Service Technician for LANIER / CANON Copiers


Hometown:  
Loves Park, Illinois (a pimple on northern edge of Rockford, IL)

 

Hobbies:   War Birds III, flower & vegetable gardening, “N” scale model railroad & die hard Atlanta Braves fan (since 1956).  Oh, did I mention War Birds III!?

 

Favorite books:  DOH! (What constitutes a book?  “CHOP TALK!”)   

Favorite moviesJust about any WWII or Western action flicks.  (No romance, not even the cowboy kissing his horse!)

Favorite aces:  

Favorite Quote:  Ain’t no way!

Major personal accomplishment:  Survived the 50’s & 60’s (School), 70’s (USAF SSgt [Vietnam] 3yrs of college), 80’s & 90’s (repairing video & pinball machines), and plan to continue surviving for a few more decades.

WARBIRDS Background:  I have played WarBirds since ver: 2.00 (May 1998).  Prior to that I, was only offline in ATOP, AOE, and several other off the shelf games, including USAAF (old text file game on a C64/128).

 

After several months of the Training Arena, I joined 333rd Fighter Squadron (=dobs=) in October 1998 WB2 & WB3.  I stated as the little ole wingman to dobs, then became the Squadron Operations Officer, and even served a horrible tour as CO {USA} (during the slow segment of the 333rd rebuilding), and was the 333rd FS XO when the entire Squadron disbanded & joined the 475th FG as the 433rd FS. 

I am also an experienced bomber pilot (as Colonel “oof---“) for the 200KG in the last days of their involvement with WB2.  I have posted numerous articles and tips for War Birds players on my web site. {Mostly WB2 information written up during my recovery time from the big one [Heart Attack].  Though there is plenty of material dealing with WB3.}

 

As byheck (& oof---) I racked up bomber points in the old WB2 arenas to gain the rank of Colonel in the MA. HA, and WWII arenas.  As byheck in WB3 I have repeated the feat, becoming the first Colonel in the MA, HA, & WWII arenas.

 

Philosophy: In anything you do, you should always do it to the best of your ability! If you aren't going to.....why bother?